Employment

James Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the  (a) growth and  (b) rate of percentage change in employment level for (i) UK citizens, (ii) non-UK citizens, (iii) UK born persons and (iv) non-UK born persons for people of working age was in each year since 1997.

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated October 2008:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the (a) growth and (b) rate of percentage change in employment level for (i) UK citizens, (ii) non-UK citizens, (iii) UK born persons and (iv) non-UK born persons for people of working age was in each year since 1997. (226214)
	The attached table provides the figures requested for April-June in each year. In the table, UK citizens are defined as those who report their nationality as UK at the time of the survey.
	The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
	
		
			  Changes in Employment level for working age population( 1)  by nationality and country of birth( 2) : April to June 1997  to  2008—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted 
			  T housand (except where indicated) 
			   UK nationals  Non UK nationals  UK born  Non UK born 
			   Change on previous year  Change as a percentage  Change on previous year  Change as a percentage  Change on previous year  Change as a percentage  Change on previous year  Change as a percentage 
			 1997 360 1.5 95 11.2 330 1.4 123 6.9 
			 1998 135 0.6 92 9.8 134 0.6 92 4.8 
			 1999 391 1.6 -42 -4.1 329 1.4 19 1.0 
			 2000 244 1.0 115 11.6 265 1.1 94 4.6 
			 2001 174 0.7 71 6.4 156 0.6 85 4.0 
			 2002 72 0.3 85 7.2 17 0.1 143 6.5 
			 2003 141 0.6 94 7.4 80 0.3 156 6.6 
			 2004 41 0.2 111 8.1 71 0.3 82 3.3 
			 2005 149 0.6 103 7.0 87 0.4 161 6.2 
			 2006 -95 -0.4 265 16.9 -179 -0.7 352 12.8 
			 2007 -154 -0.6 266 14.5 -162 -0.7 272 8.8 
			 2008 98 0.4 163 7.7 -24 0.1 241 7.1 
			 (1) Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. 2 Excludes those who did not state their nationality/country of birth.  Note: It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.).  Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)